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Teamsters Union
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Teamsters Union
Discusses history & development, purposes & functions, leadership, abuses, relationship with management, alliances with other unions, successes & failures.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
8 sources |
1989
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"International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs,Warehousemen, & Helpers of America
While trucking and warehousing are the core jurisdictions of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, this union has the following well organized cannery workers: teachers, police, airline attendants, and other types of workers. The Teamsters, or IBT, has a rather vague history. Although formal organization, resembling unions can be traced back as far as 1850 for those drivers having a single team of horses and one wagon, they were more like guilds. These organizations were often informal, short-lived, and primarily composed of driver-owners whose chief preoccupation was with drayage rates rather than salaries. These organizations slowly evolved into unions, particularly as mass production and (...)"
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